Jalil to be detained for 3 more months

Authorities have extended the detention of Awami League general secretary Abdul Jalil by three months, a senior prisons official said Thursday. It was the third extension since June 3 when he was sent to jail. Deputy inspector general (prisons) Shamsul Haider Siddiqui told bdnews24.com that they had received necessary papers on the extension from authorities. The new timeline takes effect Thursday, he said. Security officials arrested Jalil at his Mercantile Bank headquarters in Motijheel commercial district on May 28. Later, authorities charged him with giving "inflammatory statements".